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GATE. No. 336,031. Patented Feb. 9.1886.

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JOSIAH AUSTIN AXD ROSSOO CHAMBERLAIN, OF EAST LIBERTY, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,031, dated February 9, 1886. Application filed April 7, 1885. Serial No. 161,485. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSIAH AUs'rIN and Rossoo CHAMBERLAIN, of East Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved gate. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gate and its operating parts, with the guide for the sliding bar in section.

Our invention relates to gates; and it consists in the detailed construction and combination of the parts hereinafter described, by which the gate may be opened or closed at some distance away from it, and which may also be used for Opening and closing double gates as well as single ones.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A is a gate, which may be framed together in various ways, and be constructed of any convenient material.

B is the gate-post, on which the gate A is hung by means of the hinges O, the rod L and the supports Z, secured to the vertical gatebar, through which supports said rod loosely passes.

D is a plate rigidly secured to the top of the double-cranked rod L, and provided on its rear edge with recesses d. A spiral spring, Z, is placed on the rod L, and one end of the spring is secured to a collar, Z, on the rod, and the other end is secured to the upper bearing, Z, of the gate. It will thus be seen that the rod L turns in the hinge-sections G, and that the gate turns on the rod L, between the cranked portions thereof.

E is a bar sliding in guides F, attached to the top of gate-post B. Two rollers, e, are journaled on pins 6 on the top of bar E. These rollers are adapted to engage with the recesses d in plate D and move the gate in either direction, according to the movement given to the bar E.

G are posts, situated at some distance from the main gate-post B, and covered with asuitable board or scantling to secure them in po sition and connect them with the said main gate-post.

H are rods, one of which is connected to either end of the bar E, and which have their other ends carried by the guides 71, attached to the posts G.

I are levers pivoted on the top of posts .T, near the posts G.

K K are rods, connected at one end to the levers I on opposite sides of their fulcrumpoints, and movably connected with the rods H at their inner ends. Stop-shoulders are placed on the rods H in rear of the inner ends of the rods K, to limit the movement of the said rods K, and to form shoulders by which the rods H may be pulled to operate the slide E.

The operation of the gate is as follows: If the left-hand lever I is pulled, the shorter rod, K, will be brought against the shoulder on the end of the rod H, which will cause the said rod and the slide E to throw the gate in the direction of the arrow. If the lever is pushed, the longer rod, K, will operate the slide. After passing through the gate the driver pushes the right-hand lever, and the short rod K will pull the rod H and slide E and close the gate. When the plate D is acted upon, it will turn the rod L against the torsional strain of spring Z and draw the rear end of the gate toward the post B, which will of course release its front end and allow it to swing open, when the torsionspring Z will cause the said gate to resume its normal position in relation to the rod L and post B. This bar L forms the pivot on which the gate A turns.

\Vhen the gate is made double,a bevel-wheel, M, issecurely fastened on the bottom of bar L. This bevel-wheel gears into another bevelwheel, N, fastened upon the end of the horizontal shaft n, which is supported in suitable bearings, a, and extends across underneath the road. The other end of shaft a is provided with another bevelwheel similar to bevelwheel N, which gears into a bevel-wheel fastened on the pivot of the opposite half of the gate, and exactly similar to bevelwheel M, secured upon the pivot-bar L of gate A.

The movement of gate A in opening or closing will be communicated to the other and opposite half of the said gate, when made double, by means of the bevel-gears M and N ing the rod L to the gate-post, a recessed plate and the horizontal shaft n. secured rigidly to one end of the rod L, and Having thus described our invention, what mechanism for operating the recessed plate Weclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters from opposite sides of the gate, substantially .15

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The combination with the gate A havin thebearingsl, the cranked rodL, passed loose AIN 1y through said bearings and provided with J collar 2*, the spring 1 on said rod, and secured \"Vitnesses:

10 at its ends to the collar and to one of the bear- JOHN S. WREN,

ings Z, the hinge-sections O, pivotally connect- J. W. HAMILTON. 

